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D WILLIAM n. SHEA'FFER; or.. MIDDLETOWN,

PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 101,360, dated March 2 9, 1870.l

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-'PASTENING-S.

The Schedule rferxed to in then Let-ten. Patent and making part et' thesame To all wlw/ m it may concern Be -it known that we, WILLIAM H.Fon'rnnr andl WlLLIAM E. SHEAFFER,of Middletown, in the county ofDauphin and Sta-te of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvementsin Shoe-Fastenings; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and 1 exact description thereof, reference being had to theannexed drawings making part of this speoitcatiomin which Figurelisaperspective view of a ladys gaiter with our improved fasteningapplied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of au'improved fastening, showingthehook` through which the string passes in lacing th'eboot, and also theprovision for securing the same to theboot.

Figure' is a longitudinal sectional elevation' of a modified form of4hook and Figure 4 is a perspective view, showing the reversevr` side ofthe hook shown at iig'.2.

Corresponding letters referto corresponding parts in 'the severalfigures. Y

Our invention consists 'in providing a hook, which may be made of asingle piece of metal, substantially as shown inthe drawings, and sothat it may be fast'- ened toa boot-or shoe without the addition of aneye- Aiu the drawings represents a ladys boot, to which l' our improvedhook is or may be applied. l y B refers to the hook, theconstruction-oil which is clearly shown in figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawings, it being made of a single piece of metal which hasv previouslybeen punched from a sheet by any suitable machine, its form being suchas to permit its outer end to be turned up as shown, so as to form thehooked portion through which the string is passed, while upon itsyiueach other,and areto extend from the center to withl in a shortdistance of the circumference, so that, as the points thus formed arepressed outward, projections are formed upon the surface of the hook orthe .circular portion thereof, which pass through the leather 4of whichthe bootorshoe is composed, and are toibe 'bent over andriveted downupon the opposite side,

thus securing them'rmly to .such material, and preventing their becomingrloose ortearing out.

When the lining or facing .is put upon the shoe or I' boot,"it ismade'to cover theiport'ion'of'the hokvhicli attaches said hook to theshoe or boot, and thus an additional security against-tearing'out of'the hook is provided. The construction of our hook ,possesses severaladvantages over these and other eyel'et-hooks, some of i which may bestated as follows: It requires less metal` to form one of our hooks, andthey can be much more easily constructed, thus reducing the cost of themto nbelow that for which eyelet-hooks can possibly be made. Moreover, ininserting eyelet-hooks in the material to. which they are to befastened, it is necessary to punch a round hole in such material, whilethe points orspurs on our hooks can in most instances be forced throughtheihiteriaiwithont rst punching a hole, which makes them much moreconvenient.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the hook herein@ described, whenconstructed to he attached to shoes,

wearing apparel, Sto., in the manner shown and,l d e scribed.

In witness whereofwe have signed our names to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM H. FORTNEY.;

WILLIAM SHEAFEEE. Witnesses:

B. EDW. J. Eins, A. RUPPERT.

